This morning a funny thing happened when Kuniko and I woke up. We were talking in bed and we heard a phone vibrate. She said that it was mine, and I said it was hers, but in the end it was neither. We couldn’t figure out what it was and about an hour later when Kuniko was getting ready she found a cellphone in her bag. She didn’t know whose it was, but upon further examination it turned out to be Hanayama sensei’s phone. I guess everyone got really drunk last night and somehow his phone ended up in her bag. Must have been a wild party.
Thursday I had the day to myself pretty much, and I didn’t do a whole lot. I did go in to work to prepare for the week ahead. Nozaki sensei was there, and we talked about how things were going and some of the problem students. She was really happy with how things are going, though, and it was a relief for me to hear it.
She also talked about sending me to a couple of conferences/seminars on her dime to help out with my teaching skills, especially with young children. The conferences are aimed at Japanese people teaching English to younger kids, so of course the entire thing will be in Japanese. I’m looking forward to the challenge of following the lectures and materials in another language.
Back home I made up some curry for dinner, and played some video games waiting for Kuniko to get home. We had talked about catching a late show of Spiderman 3. As the showtime approached I still hadn’t heard from her, and I ended up finally hearing from her past midnight. She said she going to get home late.
Talk about late – Kuniko got home around 2 a.m. I was up late worrying about her, but in the end it turned out that she was fine – she just drank so much and was so tired that she slept on the train right past our station. She had to take a taxi home from Kakogawa, and finally made it home safely. Must have been a wild party.
